ob-tĭcĕo

rĕ-tĭcĕo, cŭi, 2, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to be silent, keep silence (class.;

syn.: sileo, obmutesco): cum Sulpicius reticuisset, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

de Chelidone reticuit, quoad potuit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139:

de utriusque vestrum errore,

id. Phil. 1, 12, 29:

non placuit reticere,

Sall. J. 85, 26:

ne retice, ne verere,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 33:

de adversis,

Tac. A. 1, 67:

velut vinculis ori impositis reticentes,

Amm. 30, 4, 11. — Poet.:

lyra, quae reticet,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 223:

Pelion,

id. in Rufin. 2, 43.—

With dat. of a person asking something, to keep silent, not to answer, to refrain from answering (perh. not ante-Aug.):

nunc interroganti senatori, paeniteatne, etc.... si reticeam, superbus videar,

Liv. 23, 12, 9 Drak.; 3, 41, 3; Tac. A. 14, 49:

loquenti,

Ov. M. 3, 357.—

Act., to keep a thing silent; to keep secret, conceal (class.;

syn. celo): nihil reticebo, quod sciam,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 9, 47; so,

nihil,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 51; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 3:

ea, quae, etc.,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:

quae audierat,

Sall. C. 23, 2:

vestros dolores,

Prop. 1, 10, 13:

multa linguae reticenda modestae,

Ov. H. 19, 63.— Pass.:

reticetur formula pacti,

Ov. H. 20, 151.— Absol.:

nihil me subterfugere voluisse reticendo nec obscurare dicendo,

Cic. Clu. 1, 1.— P. a. as subst.: rĕtĭcenda, ōrum, n., things to be kept secret, Just. 1, 7, 4.

rĕ-tĭcĕo, cŭi, 2, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to be silent, keep silence (class.;

syn.: sileo, obmutesco): cum Sulpicius reticuisset, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

de Chelidone reticuit, quoad potuit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139:

de utriusque vestrum errore,

id. Phil. 1, 12, 29:

non placuit reticere,

Sall. J. 85, 26:

ne retice, ne verere,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 33:

de adversis,

Tac. A. 1, 67:

velut vinculis ori impositis reticentes,

Amm. 30, 4, 11. — Poet.:

lyra, quae reticet,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 223:

Pelion,

id. in Rufin. 2, 43.—

With dat. of a person asking something, to keep silent, not to answer, to refrain from answering (perh. not ante-Aug.):

nunc interroganti senatori, paeniteatne, etc.... si reticeam, superbus videar,

Liv. 23, 12, 9 Drak.; 3, 41, 3; Tac. A. 14, 49:

loquenti,

Ov. M. 3, 357.—

Act., to keep a thing silent; to keep secret, conceal (class.;

syn. celo): nihil reticebo, quod sciam,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 9, 47; so,

nihil,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 51; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 3:

ea, quae, etc.,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:

quae audierat,

Sall. C. 23, 2:

vestros dolores,

Prop. 1, 10, 13:

multa linguae reticenda modestae,

Ov. H. 19, 63.— Pass.:

reticetur formula pacti,

Ov. H. 20, 151.— Absol.:

nihil me subterfugere voluisse reticendo nec obscurare dicendo,

Cic. Clu. 1, 1.— P. a. as subst.: rĕtĭcenda, ōrum, n., things to be kept secret, Just. 1, 7, 4.